Appeal No. 96-1247
Application 08/115,662
4, 6 through 8, 14 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Deyhimy.
Claims 9 and 13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Deyhimy in view of Johnson. We
note that independent claim 9 recites "simulating a first
hypothetical interconnection between the plurality of logic
circuits in each logic circuit region so that the clock skew
of the clock signal is minimized among the logic circuits of
each logic circuit region." We also note that independent
claim 13 recites "determining a layout and interconnections of
each logic circuit
region by which a clock skew of the clock signal transmitted
from the clock source to the logic circuit regions is
minimized among the logic circuits of each logic circuit
region." We further note that the Examiner relies on Deyhimy
as above to meet these limitations. Therefore, we will not
sustain the rejection of claims 9 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Deyhimy in view of Johnson for the
same reasons as we pointed out above.
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